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. SPRING BED.

No. 331,422. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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PETER H. MELLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPRING-BED.

$P'ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,422, datedDecember 1, 1885.

Application filed July 27, 1885. Serial No. 172,803. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER H. MELLON, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBed-Bottoms of Springs, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a top viewillustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of two springs. Figs.3, 4, and 5 are enlarged detail perspective views.

My invention is an improvement on those bed-bottoms of springs in whichtie-rods having loops are employed, and particularly those in which theends of one row of springs pass through the loops to engage the endrings of the adjacent row of springs.

My present invention dispenses with hooks on the ends of the coils, andis intended to provide means for readily taking the springs apart.

My invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

This improvement applies to the manner of connecting the spiral springs,the same consisting of a flexible fastening that can be easilydisengaged, if desired, but not liable to accidental disengagement. Thesprings are shown of the usual form, except as to the fastening,

and of the same construction at top and hot tom, so that the bed isreversible. The end ring, A, is formed with a loop, 13, through whichthe end 0 is passed, the latter having an angular or short bend at 0, sothat it will not be liable to move endwise in the loop. The part or end0 is made with an offset or double bend, 0 its end 0 extending in thesame direction, substantially, as the shank 0 D are the connecting-wiresextending from end to end or side to side of the bed at right angles tothe connecting ends 0. The ends of the wires D are shown coiled aroundthe end the end 0, which extends over the outside of the loop cl, andengages the under side of the ring A. Thus, supposing Fig. 2 to be a topview, the loops d are passed under the rings A (at the sides opposite tothe ends 0) and brought over the rings; then the end 0 is passed intothe loop from the upper side and below the ring. The loop rests in thebend c and the ring in the bend c and thus the parts are held togetherwith a joint which is flexible inwardly but not outwardly. Thus the bedwill be flat when not in use, but will accommodate itself to a properextent to a person lying upon it.

It will be seen that the joint, though not liable to disengagement, maybe readily disengaged, when desired, by forcing thejoint inward and thendrawing the end C from the loop d.

It will be proper to say that the required inward movement of the jointfor disengagement would be much in excess of what would ever take placein use or handling the bed.

I claim- The combination, with a tie-rod having loops, of the springshaving ends 0, formed with double bends c c and portion 0 in the samedirection as the ends, and springs through which the loops of thetie-rods are passed, the double bends and end portions locking the loopsto the springs, substantially as shown and described.

PETER H. MELLON.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT.

